 Tryna go natural Hi, everyone. Welcome to my channel. This is not a long video at all But I just don't want anybody to say that they didn't know and I find that it hasn't really been publicized a lot So I'm bringing it here for you I'm just coming on to inform you so that you guys know About what's been happening or what happened over the past week concerning the Shea Moisture Founder and current CEO Richie Lou Dennis this group calling themselves black female anonymous came out with some serious allegations against Richie Lou Dennis which they said like he's been going on with this since the Sundayal day Shea Moisture days So basically this guy who has amassed all his wealth by targeting black women now their allegations of sexual harassment and Predatory sexual practices against him. Basically. I'm just gonna read it for you So that you know and that you heard and that you can say didn't hear because I know a lot of people still use Shea Moisture And just in case he comes out with something else because I'm pretty sure now He's probably gonna be looking for the next thing to do They didn't totally trash his career because they just didn't bring out everything so he's probably gonna be able to go on and Possibly target black women again. So that's like, you know what was said so that you can Take that into consideration when you support his ventures and he's still CEO of Shea Moisture You still go out there purchasing Shea Moisture I just wanted to think about this when you're buying and the guy that founded it a guy that is see the CEO potentially what he's doing right now At his office when you're buying this That's about it Okay, so Like I said the group calls themselves black female anonymous on June 28th They put all this blog post concerning Essence magazine and the work conditions at the company We are black female anonymous We present ourselves under the conditional anonymity for fear of retaliation Intimidation on the maligning of our media careers We demand immediate resignation of Essence Ventures owner and CEO Richie Lou Dennis And then they go on to mention some other people they call them the seaboard They basically wanted all the C's all the chiefs to step down to resign So on June 28th I believe they gave them six days from June 28th to step down and resign and just keep in mind that they did or at least Richie Lou Dennis did step down and resign from his position as CEO of Essence after these allegations So, you know, I'll leave it to you to infer how much truth there was There were some people who actually came but I gave their names and alleged sexual harassment as well in support of this group They did have like some change at all petition where they got thousands of signatures, etc, etc But let me just keep reading and let you guys know what they said he was up to The ones exalted media brand dedicated to black women has been hijacked by cultural and corporate greed and unhinged abuse of power Right. So here they give more about the awesome history of the company I'm gonna scroll down to where they talk about him in particular new owner and CEO Richie Lou Dennis Michelle Iban's Joy Colors Profair Moana Lou Collaboratively immortalized and extremely unhealthy work culture scores of talented black women have been either wrongfully laid off or forced to resign from the company in the past Two years Essence C sweet leadership team strategically tells the market is sales black women deeply Under the safe seal of a hundred percent black ownership But for the black women who make up over 80 percent of the company's workforce They are systematically suppressed by pay iniquity sexual harassment Corporate bullying intimidation colorism and classism Right, then they go on to have this chapter the truth about Richie Lou Dennis Essence venture owner and CEO of Essence communications And I would throw in founder of Shea Moisture and CEO of Shea Moisture. He's obviously clearly has a thing for Getting black women to give him his money because then he decided to buy Essence and that's where they really put their foot down Really proud of these women for standing up to him Richie Lou Dennis acquired Essence in 2018 from Time Inc I may have mentioned it on this channel I know I mentioned when he sold Shea Moisture and after selling Shea Moisture immediately bought Essence Yeah, Richie Lou Dennis acquired Essence in 2018 from Time Inc to advance his personal power and influence Despite his carefully crafted public messaging His service level commitment to black women is driven by greed and a debauchery of sexual appetite He has a history of sleeping with women on the sundial staff the parent company of Shea Moisture He sold to Unilever in 2017 and for the women who don't seemingly consent He openly sexually harasses them at private company events in the later half of 2019 Richie Lou tried to force Essence employees and contractors to sign non-disclosure agreements that exclusively protect his family from liability or Disparishment after a string of brumful layoffs and other potentially libelous business activity When staff raised questions about the NDA the executive leadership team launched a series of intimidation tactics on its staff Richie Lou's wife Martha Dennis is the company's head of human resources a blatant conflict of interest Martha is complicit in her husband's abuse of power for Essence employees on the Dennis family leadership There's no possible way to share your grievances or frustrations when the family matriarch is the head of HR All together Richie Lou and the Dennis family Directly and indirectly by the silence of current and former Essence black female employees Who fare backlash of Richie Lou's massive financial and social capital and then they go on to talk about Michelle Ebams I feel like they would have any problems before Richie Lou came on but his alleged sexual harassment Sleeping with women and stuff that Ticked it over the edge for them and that's what it decided to make a stand Let me read the section as well The truth about forced black female anonymity Essence magazine is failing black America When black media companies become unstable it triggers the instability of the entire culture Black women and men have long depended on black own media outlets to service them with cultural identity Cultural memory purpose and economic advancement. There's no intersectionality on race and gender in the new movement for a more critical Corporate America the testimonies on Twitter and Instagram by a mighty curse of brave black women Uncover the racial bias and discrimination on America's wide-owned mass media organizations There's letter as in nations followed by recent corporate promises to do better But black women at Essence have been forced to remain silent We fear cannibalizing the narrative of black lives matter and civil rights 2.0 We also fear losing our jobs or being banished from black cultural spaces This is something I've said a lot like anytime black women talk about anything That affects them in the black community. It's like shut up. We have to present a united front We try to divide us like we can't talk about anything that happens to us So that's something that I've long been saying and that's what they're saying as well We can only look to the organized intimidation aimed at the survivors of Russell Simmons the startling accounts of Drew Dixon Silla Abrams Sherry Hines and Jenny Lumet all black women who experienced sexual violence and the hands of Russell Have been culturally dismissed and disrespected But what happens when your workplace believes the same race and gender as you publicly coming forward seems simply foolish White women can openly take down their devil and prattle, but black women must protect her The demand for a new America calls for the complete accountability of all Americans Even those of us in black America and our cultural institutions black women deserve to feel safe both in white America and black America We are black female anonymous, but not for long Our hope is that this message assures the hearts and minds of every force to be muted essence employee Past and present that the change we've secretly hoped for is on the way more urgently We hope this message moves essence leadership and the cooperation to invest in essence to action within the next five business days And then let me tell you what happened within the five days Basically step down essence appoints new CEO following allegations owner, which he knew Dennis foster toxic workplace culture So he hasn't actually made any statement as far as I'm aware essence made some statements about it But he hasn't made any statement personally I can let you know an essence said the company announced Tuesday night that it had appointed Caroline manga to be the interim CEO And that they would launch an independent investigation into the workplace culture So we have that which is any step down. We heard that an internal investigation will be launched But no accountability of knowledge men beyond that. So you guys can make up it what you will I already my instincts my intuition on this guy already Like that's how he makes me feel like right, but There are women out here alleging that Richie Lou Dennis is That Richard Dennis has caused or Pressured women into having sex with him that he has sexually harassed those who didn't have sex with him And that that is the kind of thing that's happening at businesses where he is their boss Just leaving it there So in case anybody out there Still supports him or it's just so supports Richie Lou Dennis You could actually be supporting that kind of stuff You could actually be funding Giving him the power to do that kind of stuff to women. I'm just like, you know Do with it. What you will because I know some people really don't care. So that's pretty much it I'm just letting you know what happened Allegations of just abuse of power sexual harassment sleeping with employees It was just completely crazy and at the same time I'm horrified, but I'm not even surprised because like my intuition about that guy is nothing positive So I'm glad I never spent another penny and share moisture or sundial products and those of you that do Just keep in mind That he is the CEO. He is the founder and whether that's what you want Support and thanks for watching. I do bring you the head use and I also bring you the news affecting us again Thanks for watching and I'll see you again soon Bye for now